{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-safety-act-2023/section-69",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-safety-act-2023/section-69.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/50",
  "legislation_title": "Online Safety Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-safety-act-2023",
  "path": "section/69",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "69",
  "heading": "Offence in relation to CSEA reporting",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if, in purported compliance with a requirement under section 66—\n(a) the person provides information that is false in a material respect, and\n(b) at the time the person provides it, the person knows that it is false in a material respect or is reckless as to whether it is false in a material respect.\n(2) A person who commits an offence under this section is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court or a fine (or both);\n(b) on summary conviction in Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both);\n(c) on summary conviction in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both);\n(d) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or a fine (or both).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 69 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 240(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 69 in force at 7.4.2026 for specified purposes by S.I. 2026/262, reg. 2(1)(c)(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/50/section/69",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:51:47.656361+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}